Andrew Wender Cohen
@awcohen.bsky.social
History professor. CNY resident. Philadelphia sports fan. Books: The Racketeer’s Progress (2004) and Contraband (2015).
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RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
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December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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This person has no idea how many people have died, or will die, as a result of shattering our entire global infrastructure for providing lifesaving assistance.
He did no analysis of those impacts before the reckless and illegal obliteration of USAID. These statements are made-up assertions.
He did no analysis of those impacts before the reckless and illegal obliteration of USAID. These statements are made-up assertions.
March 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This person has no idea how many people have died, or will die, as a result of shattering our entire global infrastructure for providing lifesaving assistance.
He did no analysis of those impacts before the reckless and illegal obliteration of USAID. These statements are made-up assertions.
He did no analysis of those impacts before the reckless and illegal obliteration of USAID. These statements are made-up assertions.
This is the greatest thing ever written.
"Dan Campbell comes across as Sergeant Daddy, John Harbaugh like the polite-but-firm regional corporate manager. Sirianni comes across as the guy arguing with the bouncer outside the strip club at 1 AM after getting kicked out of his nephew’s bachelor party."
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Why Eagles Fans REALLY Hate Nick Sirianni
Down-the-Stretch tackles the Eagles. Because everyone else has! (Rimshot). Some stats. Some tough talk. And a little fanbase psychoanalysis.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This is the greatest thing ever written.
Conservative media has always attracted grifters. But something about the current technology turns even sincere believers into professional hustlers. Algorithms built to addict turn creators into dealers.
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The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Conservative media has always attracted grifters. But something about the current technology turns even sincere believers into professional hustlers. Algorithms built to addict turn creators into dealers.
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I see soooooooooooo much of this from family and friends who only watch the Eagles.
Not just over exaggerating Philly’s issues, but continually undervaluing opponents and what they do well.
I get it, I watch and view football much differently than most, but it’s like Eagles fans live in a bubble
Not just over exaggerating Philly’s issues, but continually undervaluing opponents and what they do well.
I get it, I watch and view football much differently than most, but it’s like Eagles fans live in a bubble
I would actually recommend that Eagles fans who are "fed up" force themselves to root for another team for a while. And they can't pick the Chiefs (they could have done that any time in the 2010s).
Bills and Ravens fandom is great right now. Right?
Bills and Ravens fandom is great right now. Right?
My Eagles supporting in laws said they should find a new team to root for, potentially the Bears. There aren’t many worse fandom swaps I can think of.
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I see soooooooooooo much of this from family and friends who only watch the Eagles.
Not just over exaggerating Philly’s issues, but continually undervaluing opponents and what they do well.
I get it, I watch and view football much differently than most, but it’s like Eagles fans live in a bubble
Not just over exaggerating Philly’s issues, but continually undervaluing opponents and what they do well.
I get it, I watch and view football much differently than most, but it’s like Eagles fans live in a bubble
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I would actually recommend that Eagles fans who are "fed up" force themselves to root for another team for a while. And they can't pick the Chiefs (they could have done that any time in the 2010s).
Bills and Ravens fandom is great right now. Right?
Bills and Ravens fandom is great right now. Right?
My Eagles supporting in laws said they should find a new team to root for, potentially the Bears. There aren’t many worse fandom swaps I can think of.
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I would actually recommend that Eagles fans who are "fed up" force themselves to root for another team for a while. And they can't pick the Chiefs (they could have done that any time in the 2010s).
Bills and Ravens fandom is great right now. Right?
Bills and Ravens fandom is great right now. Right?
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"In the first term, we worried that our president was beholden to Russia. In this term, we worry that the rest of the world learned the lesson Putin taught – for the right price, Trump will be your bitch." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/a-sphincte...
A Sphincter That Just Won't Quit
With the imminent release of the Epstein files, it feels as though we’ve entered a new, and potentially dangerious, phase in the second Trump presidency: the economy remains tenuous, he’s backpedaling...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"In the first term, we worried that our president was beholden to Russia. In this term, we worry that the rest of the world learned the lesson Putin taught – for the right price, Trump will be your bitch." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/a-sphincte...
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"If Trump’s first term was marked by a level of graft and self-dealing that would have embarrassed a Tammany stalwart, then his second term seems to be an explicit effort to outpace his previous record and set a new high-water mark for political corruption in the [US]."
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Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
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November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
"If Trump’s first term was marked by a level of graft and self-dealing that would have embarrassed a Tammany stalwart, then his second term seems to be an explicit effort to outpace his previous record and set a new high-water mark for political corruption in the [US]."
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An astonishing number of Americans are nostalgic for a world run by bullies. They’re exhilarated by this.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
An astonishing number of Americans are nostalgic for a world run by bullies. They’re exhilarated by this.
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Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly
One of my instrument panel watchwords for understanding politics is that all...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Trump Has the Look of the Weak Horse; People Are Acting Accordingly talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trump...
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Operation Flaming Shaft
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Operation Flaming Shaft
Post your favorite Star Trek character(s). Wrong answers only
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character(s). Wrong answers only
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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We’re thrilled to announce that TCC has a cover story in the Stanford @ssir.org coming out later this month, “Getting Youth Engaged in Democracy.”
Founder & CEO Laura Brill will be in conversation with digital editor Bryan Maygers on Wed, Dec 3. Register today!
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Founder & CEO Laura Brill will be in conversation with digital editor Bryan Maygers on Wed, Dec 3. Register today!
stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We’re thrilled to announce that TCC has a cover story in the Stanford @ssir.org coming out later this month, “Getting Youth Engaged in Democracy.”
Founder & CEO Laura Brill will be in conversation with digital editor Bryan Maygers on Wed, Dec 3. Register today!
stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Founder & CEO Laura Brill will be in conversation with digital editor Bryan Maygers on Wed, Dec 3. Register today!
stanford.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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"Literally every single word the President said was wrong... We have enormous anxiety among voters. The cost of living is rising, and people are understandably upset. I just want to be crystal clear there's not a word coming out of the man's mouth that is correct."
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Literally every single word the President said was wrong... We have enormous anxiety among voters. The cost of living is rising, and people are understandably upset. I just want to be crystal clear there's not a word coming out of the man's mouth that is correct."
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Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Newsom: "Think about the state of mind of the VP. How do you square the circle when you go to a prayer breakfast? Old testament, new testament. What's the fundamental thing that connects John to Matthew to Proverbs? It's this notion of hunger, feeding the poor. It's central to advancing God's will."
Credit to the NYT for reporting on this grotesque violation of human rights.
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‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Credit to the NYT for reporting on this grotesque violation of human rights.
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www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
“WHY DO THESE THINGS KEEP HAPPENING TO _ME_?!”
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“WHY DO THESE THINGS KEEP HAPPENING TO _ME_?!”
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Remember when everyone said young people had “shifted to the right”? 2025 says: not so fast.
Young voters showed up — informed, engaged, and ready to protect democracy.
Let’s keep fueling that energy by helping every teen register, learn, and lead! 💪🗳️
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Young voters showed up — informed, engaged, and ready to protect democracy.
Let’s keep fueling that energy by helping every teen register, learn, and lead! 💪🗳️
More: buff.ly/RUTRlxZ
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Remember when everyone said young people had “shifted to the right”? 2025 says: not so fast.
Young voters showed up — informed, engaged, and ready to protect democracy.
Let’s keep fueling that energy by helping every teen register, learn, and lead! 💪🗳️
More: buff.ly/RUTRlxZ
Young voters showed up — informed, engaged, and ready to protect democracy.
Let’s keep fueling that energy by helping every teen register, learn, and lead! 💪🗳️
More: buff.ly/RUTRlxZ
And this is what the GOP canvasser found in REPUBLICAN neighborhoods!
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
And this is what the GOP canvasser found in REPUBLICAN neighborhoods!
I look forward to stage five: defenestration!
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I look forward to stage five: defenestration!